Mandi Learning Mehtod : Doubts Academics Express ..Let me address them
One Director of MBA college posed following questions. Mandi is OK.. But .. But..
How about student personal safety and security when they go to the field ?
What about discipline and control of Mandi students in Mandi ?
Let me explain these questions..
- These are typical questions more than one director and many Professors asked me when Mandi concept reached them. I recall,,,,,, One B School Director told... " Our students are from HI - FI Society, they paid huge fees. They dont sell on road side. We as B school cannot ask them to do so and learn business "...
- One private college where I was asked to teach Enterpreneruship, third or fourth session of the course , ALL 100 % students bunked my class, expressing their unhappiness to go to mandi and do street selling. These are my personal experiences of Mandi.. . It is nothing new for me.
- I m fortunate that MiG (Marketing Interest Group,NITIE) took lead to spearhead Mandi concept in all these years. I am quite indebted for MIG for the last 10- 12 student batches which took to this and have shown the world that Mandi way learning is quite possible !
- Some years back, Mumbai drowned on the date..July 24..No body can forget that natural disaster. Mandi happened just two days before... In case, if at all, drowning of Mumbai happens the same Mandi day of July 22, then what could have happened ! This is still a question comes to my mind any time I send students to Mandi...
But GOD is also great to Mandi and Dhandha, rarely and so far no unhappy incident happened ! That is what business and dhandha is all about !.
My answer to the Director of MBA college for two questions that were raised..
- World is risky, Business is much more risky. But compared to this, Mandi field sales is NOT that RISKY. Mandians must take care of personal safety. No MBA college which is teaching business can be blamed for Mandi practice in Mandi and if any dangers that occur due to it.
- Professors and Directors job is not to see that their students dont get problems in life. Their real job is to see that their students carefully handlse such problems in Mandi without waiting for the professors and directors help. That is what the higher education must cater to.
- Directors cannot take a stand that MBA students parents admitted them to the college so that they must be returned be returned INTACT ! .. As part of learning students must be put to real world hardships !
Does IAF academy does not entrust its air cadets to SKYies ! It is foolish for the higher education professors to think that grown up ( MBAs are of the age of > 18 yrs age ! ) should not put to Mandi field so that they are safe !..
It is most UNSAFE and DANGEROUS thinking by Directors of B Schools and professors NOT to put their MBA students to Mandi ! .. It is the real weakness of all MBA education in the world !
Second issue, our grown students DONT NEED to be controlled ! They need to be taken care when they have done mistake ! Their growth is related NOT to controle but FREEDOM and AUTONOMY and CARE and LOVE that we shower upon them when are in Mandi.
I also recall Sholay - Gabbar Singh dialougue for Mandi field work.
JO DAR GHAI .. WO MAR GAYA .. This is exactly applicable with Mandi.
All businesses are dangerous. But we do them with caution. so that we survive. Everyday is equally dangerous.. Does it mean that we dont LIVE each day !
I have not come across any kind of any indiscipline and mischief from my Mandi students all these years. Surely it is their greatness but equally important thing is that it is our belief in them of their competence also contributed to it.
Mandi sales are ONE Cr. so far. 30,000 students worked in Mandi. 100 Colleges have done Mandi so far ! ..
Jai ho Mandi .. Socho - Becho - Seekho..
One Director of MBA college posed following questions. Mandi is OK.. But .. But..
How about student personal safety and security when they go to the field ?
What about discipline and control of Mandi students in Mandi ?
Let me explain these questions..
- These are typical questions more than one director and many Professors asked me when Mandi concept reached them. I recall,,,,,, One B School Director told... " Our students are from HI - FI Society, they paid huge fees. They dont sell on road side. We as B school cannot ask them to do so and learn business "...
- One private college where I was asked to teach Enterpreneruship, third or fourth session of the course , ALL 100 % students bunked my class, expressing their unhappiness to go to mandi and do street selling. These are my personal experiences of Mandi.. . It is nothing new for me.
- I m fortunate that MiG (Marketing Interest Group,NITIE) took lead to spearhead Mandi concept in all these years. I am quite indebted for MIG for the last 10- 12 student batches which took to this and have shown the world that Mandi way learning is quite possible !
- Some years back, Mumbai drowned on the date..July 24..No body can forget that natural disaster. Mandi happened just two days before... In case, if at all, drowning of Mumbai happens the same Mandi day of July 22, then what could have happened ! This is still a question comes to my mind any time I send students to Mandi...
But GOD is also great to Mandi and Dhandha, rarely and so far no unhappy incident happened ! That is what business and dhandha is all about !.
My answer to the Director of MBA college for two questions that were raised..
- World is risky, Business is much more risky. But compared to this, Mandi field sales is NOT that RISKY. Mandians must take care of personal safety. No MBA college which is teaching business can be blamed for Mandi practice in Mandi and if any dangers that occur due to it.
- Professors and Directors job is not to see that their students dont get problems in life. Their real job is to see that their students carefully handlse such problems in Mandi without waiting for the professors and directors help. That is what the higher education must cater to.
- Directors cannot take a stand that MBA students parents admitted them to the college so that they must be returned be returned INTACT ! .. As part of learning students must be put to real world hardships !
Does IAF academy does not entrust its air cadets to SKYies ! It is foolish for the higher education professors to think that grown up ( MBAs are of the age of > 18 yrs age ! ) should not put to Mandi field so that they are safe !..
It is most UNSAFE and DANGEROUS thinking by Directors of B Schools and professors NOT to put their MBA students to Mandi ! .. It is the real weakness of all MBA education in the world !
Second issue, our grown students DONT NEED to be controlled ! They need to be taken care when they have done mistake ! Their growth is related NOT to controle but FREEDOM and AUTONOMY and CARE and LOVE that we shower upon them when are in Mandi.
I also recall Sholay - Gabbar Singh dialougue for Mandi field work.
JO DAR GHAI .. WO MAR GAYA .. This is exactly applicable with Mandi.
All businesses are dangerous. But we do them with caution. so that we survive. Everyday is equally dangerous.. Does it mean that we dont LIVE each day !
I have not come across any kind of any indiscipline and mischief from my Mandi students all these years. Surely it is their greatness but equally important thing is that it is our belief in them of their competence also contributed to it.
Mandi sales are ONE Cr. so far. 30,000 students worked in Mandi. 100 Colleges have done Mandi so far ! ..
Jai ho Mandi .. Socho - Becho - Seekho..
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